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Speaker 1: a guest in the studio, Jill Baker, Hello, Jill, how
Speaker 1: are you?
Speaker 2: Hi? John?
Speaker 1: Always excited to visit with you. We're going to talk
Speaker 1: about community action for veterans. You have a fun CAV
Speaker 1: conference coming up here next month.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we do September twenty second and twenty third. It's
Speaker 2: a Monday and a Tuesday, and we are actually hosting
Speaker 2: two events at the same time. Okay, same place, that
Speaker 2: same space, I should say.
Speaker 1: So let's talk about the two events, and let's start
Speaker 1: with the first one first.
Speaker 3: What is the first event.
Speaker 2: Let's talk about the conference first. So the expo is
Speaker 2: super awesome, but let's talk about the conference first, because
Speaker 2: that's kind of like I'm really excited about it, and
Speaker 2: it's really an event that is it's a conference to
Speaker 2: help people learn more about the military lifestyle and some
Speaker 2: ideas on how to better serve them in communities.
Speaker 3: I love that.
Speaker 1: Yeah, who would be the ideal person to come to this,
Speaker 1: So this wouldn't necessarily be a veteran that would come.
Speaker 1: This would be people who want to know more about that.
Speaker 2: Right, right, And so this is really about learning more
Speaker 2: about how providers, educators, healthcare providers, nurses, social workers, even
Speaker 2: community leaders, how can you better serve military people in
Speaker 2: your community. There are I've gone to conferences that are
Speaker 2: similar to this in the past, and a lot of
Speaker 2: times the information that's shared in their subject matter. Experts
Speaker 2: that come to the table offer strategies, ideas, they have
Speaker 2: stories to share out that have to do more with
Speaker 2: success in urban areas, and so I thought, you know what,
Speaker 2: South Dakota is the place to start something like this.
Speaker 2: So we're talking about rural challenges and how can we
Speaker 2: better serve veterans and military family members that live in
Speaker 2: rural environments. And so that's kind of our focus of
Speaker 2: the conference.
Speaker 3: I love that.
Speaker 1: And again, the thing that I see on here that's
Speaker 1: very important to some people CEUs are available. So yes,
Speaker 1: continuing education units. So if you work in nursing or counseling,
Speaker 1: or social work or education, or there are several different
Speaker 1: categories where they need to have a certain number of
Speaker 1: those every year. This would be a really great way
Speaker 1: to get some between now and the end of this year.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, so I do want to say that this is
Speaker 2: for anybody who wants to learn about it. We have
Speaker 2: made sure that we have continuing education credits for there's
Speaker 2: different kind of certifications for it, so we made sure
Speaker 2: that we can provide that to healthcare providers and nurses,
Speaker 2: but also substance abuse counselors and therapists require different EUS,
Speaker 2: so we're providing all of that for everybody. So we've
Speaker 2: partnered with a very health nice and with the South
Speaker 2: Dakota National Association of Social Workers that can offer those cus.
Speaker 1: I love that I'm looking at the cav conference agenda
Speaker 1: because this is the conference portion and there is so
Speaker 1: much going on here.
Speaker 3: You've got a lot of stuff.
Speaker 1: Is this agenda online somewhere if somebody wants to, y's on.
Speaker 2: Our website sdvets dot org.
Speaker 1: Very good and safe because we could go through this,
Speaker 1: but there is so much to go through. I know
Speaker 1: we'd missed something, so it's really good if you can
Speaker 1: go to sdvets dot org and get all this information.
Speaker 1: But in addition to a bunch of amazing speakers who
Speaker 1: are going to be here. There's also gonna be booths
Speaker 1: where you can go and ask questions and get some information,
Speaker 1: and then there's a I see a reception in social hour.
Speaker 3: That's why it's fun.
Speaker 2: Well, so that is up in the air right now.
Speaker 2: I'm hoping it's all going to be based off of
Speaker 2: if we get people to come to the conference.
Speaker 3: Gotcha.
Speaker 2: So that's one thing I'm thinking about. Well, if we
Speaker 2: have lower attendance, we might have to not do that.
Speaker 2: So I'm really hoping that we get people to come
Speaker 2: to the conference. There is a fee associated with it
Speaker 2: because there's meals and of course, you know, to have
Speaker 2: these awesome speakers to come in and all in the
Speaker 2: space that we're in as at the Denny stand for
Speaker 2: Premier Center. So we really wanted to provide you know,
Speaker 2: class A VIP experience, and so the cost is one
Speaker 2: hundred and fifteen dollars per person for the day and
Speaker 2: a half of eleven and a half hours of experience.
Speaker 2: But we're offering a two for one deal on that
Speaker 2: because we really want people to come, and also we're
Speaker 2: offering a rate for organizations that maybe want to send
Speaker 2: like five staff members two hundred bucks for five staff
Speaker 2: and so that's really just we really want people to come,
Speaker 2: so we're trying to make it as cost effective as
Speaker 2: possible in these uncertain times.
Speaker 1: Monday, September twenty second Tuesdays Tember twenty third. So that
Speaker 1: sounds like it's long ways away, but it's not gonna
Speaker 1: it's not far. It's gonna be And if you want
Speaker 1: to get tickets now would be a great time. Do
Speaker 1: I go to sdvets dot org.
Speaker 2: You can, and then we have a link up. We
Speaker 2: have an actual tab at the top you can click
Speaker 2: on for the conference and it takes you, tells you
Speaker 2: more about it and then yeah, you can order your
Speaker 2: tickets that way.
Speaker 3: Very nice, Jill, thank you for all that you do.
Speaker 2: Yes, thank you. I do want to talk about the
Speaker 2: expo now we don't.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, we didn't even get to that. Yeah, let's
Speaker 3: talk about you.
Speaker 2: So, so the conference goes it's a day and a half.
Speaker 2: It's like eight to like five thirty one day and
Speaker 2: then eights twelve thirty the other day. Now then the
Speaker 2: expo is just like it's just right down it's just
Speaker 2: down the hall from the conference itself, and we are
Speaker 2: partnering with and hosting this VA one on one Veterans
Speaker 2: Assistance Expo and so too. This is this is a
Speaker 2: structure and framework that's actually offered by the VA's Veterans
Speaker 2: Experience Office, and so we're partnering with them. We had
Speaker 2: to go through a whole process to get this partner,
Speaker 2: to get this collaboration formalized and approved through the VA.
Speaker 2: So they are coming federal on down to the local level.
Speaker 2: They're going to have eight booths at are at the
Speaker 2: expo that's specifically for helping veterans service members, caregivers, family members, spouses,
Speaker 2: all of them nice to learn more about what the
Speaker 2: VA has to offer to sign sign veterans up, eligible
Speaker 2: veterans up for services. The VIA Hospital is going to
Speaker 2: be there, the VET Center is going to have one
Speaker 2: of their big bus outside, and then we have thirty
Speaker 2: one partners that are also going to have boosts there.
Speaker 3: So I love that. And is there it's free? I
Speaker 3: was going to just ask is there a fever? But
Speaker 3: there is not. It is free?
Speaker 2: Yes?
Speaker 3: And is that both days or that's one.
Speaker 2: Days both days? And so the first the first day, Monday,
Speaker 2: it's going to run nine to four and the second day.
Speaker 2: It runs nine to twelve thirty. Very very nice, soft ending,
Speaker 2: nice dates, ending times.
Speaker 1: And more information about that at sdvets dot org.
Speaker 3: Yep, very nice. Well, thank you for doing what you do.
Speaker 3: I think this is really cool.
Speaker 1: Again the events, both of them coming up Saturday, I'll
Speaker 1: take that back, not Saturday, Monday September twenty second and
Speaker 1: Tuesday September twenty third. All of the details can be
Speaker 1: found at sdvets dot org.
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